After the Irish
After the Irish

Author: Gregory A. Schirmer

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Published: 2009

Total Pages: 534

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This anthology demonstrates that verse translation from the Irish represents, in its own right, a significant part of the tradition of Irish poetry written in English. Rather than offering the usual view of verse translation as a means of preserving and providing access to poetry written in Irish, this anthology foregrounds the aesthetic and cultural value of verse translation as poetry. The anthology is historical in form, beginning with a translation done in 1635 and concluding with the work of contemporary poets. The translations are grouped by individual translators and arranged into five sections: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; Nineteenth Century; Irish Literary Revival; Modern Ireland; and Contemporary Ireland. Each translator is introduced with a headnote and each translation is fully annotated and accompanied by the original text in Irish and a literal translation of it into English.

Drawings of the Principal Antique Buildings of Ireland
Drawings of the Principal Antique Buildings of Ireland

Author: Gabriel Beranger

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Published: 1998

Total Pages: 234

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Gabriel Beranger (c. 1730-1817), a Dutch-born Huguenot, spent all his adult life in Ireland working as an artist and print-seller. He left behind him more topographical drawings of Irish antiquities than any other artist of the period. The year 1991 saw the publication of selections from one volume of his work. Now Dr. Peter Harbison has edited the entire Beranger volume in the National Library of Ireland collection, containing some one hundred views in full colour. He provides an introduction to Beranger and his work, and notes on each illustration. Not only does this volume provide a visual record of many historical monuments that have disappeared without trace, it also helps recreate the stylish elegance of late eighteenth century Ireland.